Re: [PATCH v13 0/8] pv event interface between host and guest

Paolo Bonzini
2013-03-04T10:51:20Z

Il 04/03/2013 11:43, Gleb Natapov ha scritto:
> > Anyhow, this does not apply to the next submission of this series. I
> > think we can agree to the compromise of using ACPI but still read the
> > port in _STA.
>
> If you want to make ioport configurable I do not see how can we avoid
> patching.

I want to make the ioport configurable in the device, but the PIIX and
ICH9 (which are what the DSDT is written for) will always use port 0x505.

You can configure a different iobase for your serial ports, the guest
can still use them but not discover them via ACPI. This is the same thing.

Paolo